Jia Xu

LECTURER IN CHINESE

Educational Background

EdM: Curriculum and Methodology of Teaching Chinese as a Second Language, Beijing Language and Culture University (2009)
BA: Teaching Chinese as a Second Language,Beijing Language and Culture University (2005)

Classes Taught

CHNS UN1101 First Year Chinese I
CHNS UN1102 First Year Chinese II
CHNS UN2201 Second Year Chinese N I
CHNS UN2202 Second Year Chinese N II

Research Interests

Before Jia Xu joined the Columbia faculty in 2012, she had taught all levels of Chinese at BLCU. She served as program coordinator and language instructor in the foreign diplomats program of the Confucius Institute and Columbia University’s Summer Program in Beijing. She also set up and taught in the Chinese program at Bentley School in California. She has either authored or co-authored the Chinese Textbook for Foreign Diplomats, the Great Wall Chinese series, Medical Chinese books, and all levels of the new HSK and YCT. Jia Xu currently teaches first-year and second-year Chinese in EALAC.